Woman Pays $20K in Others' Layaway Costs at Toys 'R' Us

Shoppers load purchases into the back of their pickup truck during Black Friday shopping at Toys 'R' Us in Millcreek Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Christopher Millette)

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A little heartwarming holiday news: Shoppers who couldn't pay for items on the spot at a Massachusetts Toys 'R' Us no longer have to worry about the costs. That's thanks to an anonymous older woman who paid off every single account at the store—all 150 of them—at a cost amounting to $20,000, Jezebel reports. "If you have it, give it," she said, per the Milford Daily News. She's not alone: similar moments have occurred at retailers across the country in recent years, a Toys 'R' Us spokesman says; just last week, another man paid $1,200 in layaway costs for eight people in line with him in Woburn, Mass. (Read more uplifting news stories.)

I'm over here at the Pop-a-Top Lounge, if she wants to pick up my tab. Should be around $20,000

BCS

Dec 13, 2014 10:01 PM CST

That Toys r US is 20 minutes from me. I think I'll put some stuff on layaway next year ;-) In all seriousness though, good for her. One of the poorest towns in Rhode Island, is right next to that store. I'm sure it helped some pretty desperate people.